ARMY AND NAVY ITEMS
Harper's Weekly, January 9, 1864, page 19
Several officers and soldiers of the rebel army have come into the Union lines at Newbern, North Carolina, and taken the new oath of allegiance, and accepted the pardon offered by Mr. Lincoln’s recent Proclamation. They report that a number of others are about to do the same thing.
1. What should be done with soldiers and officers who say they are coming back into the Union? Can they be trusted to just walk away?
2. How would an article like this affect the readers of the newspaper?
Harper's Weekly, January 9, 1864, page 19
Several officers and soldiers of the rebel army have come into the Union lines at Newbern, North Carolina, and taken the new oath of allegiance, and accepted the pardon offered by Mr. Lincoln’s recent Proclamation. They report that a number of others are about to do the same thing.
1. What should be done with soldiers and officers who say they are coming back into the Union? Can they be trusted to just walk away?
2. How would an article like this affect the readers of the newspaper?